Improvement in rein-holders



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Improvement in Rein-Holders.

Inventor.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN CHARLES EVERY VILE, QE SANTA OLARA, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN RElN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,122, dated October8, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN G. E. VILE, of Santa Clara, Santa Claracounty, State of California, have invented an Improved Rein-Holder; andI do hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawingare sufficient to enable any person skilled in the art or science towhich it most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention orimprovement Without further invention or experiment.

My invention relates to a novel attachment for buggies, carriages, andlike vehicles, for the purpose of holding the reins when the driverdesires to leave the horse standing. It also serves to hold the reinsand relievethe driver on a plain, level road.

In order to explain my invention so that others will be able tounderstand its construction and arrangement, reference is had to theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, and Fig. 2 is a sidesectional view.

Let A represent that portion of the bottom of a buggy or other vehiclewhich is in front of the drivers seat, and B the dash-board. O

is the upper metallic wire or rod which forms a part of the frame of thedash-board and passes across above the leather. My invention consists ofan inverted concave metal plate, 0, which fits down upon the rod or wire0 at its middle. A wire or rod, f, is secured to the middle of the innerside or edge of the inverted concave plate 6, and passes down along thevertical rod, which forms the middle support of the dash-board, andpasses beneath the floor into a box, G, beneath the buggybottom. The rodf passes down inside of the leather, and is concealed from view. Alever, h, is hung upon a pivot at its middle inside of the box G, uponone end of which the lower end of the rod f rests. A foot-lever, I,stands above the bottom of the buggy, and passes down through the floor,where it is connected to the opposite end of the lever h, so that bypressing down upon the foot-lever I the rod f and horizontal concaveplate 0 are raised. A spring, k, serves to give a reverse tension to thelever h and thus hold the concave plate firmly down upon the rod G.

In order to secure the reins when it is desired to leave the horse andbuggy standing still for a time, the driver has simply to press his footupon the lever I and thus lift the concave plate. The reins can then beslipped between the rod 0 and concave plate, when, by removing thepressure from the lever I, the plate 0 will be drawn down by the springso as to bind the reins between it and the rod.

This device is very neat and simple. When .the reins are not beneath theplate 0 it will fit down upon the rod 0 so snugly that its presencewould hardly be noticed, while it is completely out of the way. It iseasily operated, and will hold the reins with a firm gripe, as the edgesof the plate 6 will serve as a clamp to bind them firmly in place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The concave plate a, with its rod f, operated by means of lever h,foot-lever I, and spring is, in combination with the rod or wire 0, allconstructed and arranged to operate substantially as and and for thepurpose above described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal.

EDWIN CHARLES EVERY VILE. V [L. s.]

' Witnesses:

WM. B. WILsON,

J. A. WADDELL.

